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Published 1908
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1907-1908 v.7

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Section 1	12052
FREDERICK BORDEN, PUGSLEY, Welland canal
Section 2	12542
Winnipeg, Prince Edward Island, South Africa
Section 3	12855
Quebec Bridge, PUGSLEY, Rainy River

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Queens, PEI - Page 12627
MARTIN (Queens, PEI). He will find it includes many lines In addition to the little bit of a paltry spur line he proposes.
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Moncton - Page 12759
will take j into consideration the very much greater advantages that would be afforded by building a line from Moncton along the northern portions of ...
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Winnipeg - Page 12590
For the purpose of preserving the identity of grain in transit from Winnipeg to points of consumption in eastern Canada or to ports of export shipment ...
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Ottawa - Page 12111
Mackay was attempting to obtain some prominence in the province of Ontario and he did not want to come down here to Ottawa and be engaged in these ...
more pages: 12838

Quebec - Page 12855
passed some years ago providing that vessels plying between the Great Lakes and Montreal and Quebec should not be required to take on any pilots. ...
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Montreal - Page 13510
When the Bill was Introduced in the Senate objection was taken to it by the shipping interests in Montreal ami elsewhere and representatives of those ...
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New Brunswick - Page 12079
That seemed to be a principle introduced Into provincial finance In New Brunswick but I do not think we should do it here, that you can take money out ...
more pages: 12755

Halifax - Page 12759
Into the matter of having a liuk constructed from Moncton to Truro or from Amherst to Truro to shorten the line to Halifax and to get better grades. ...
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Toronto - Page 12839
It was a satisfaction to note that our reports on all these three events were wired from Toronto to leading American journals that had not been ...
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Carleton, NB - Page 12386
I deny that the document read by the hon. member for Carleton, NB, is a reference to arbitration. Memo, of agreement to 'be drawn up between the ...
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St. Catharines - Page 13587
An Act respecting the Niagara, St. Catharines and Toronto Railway Company. An Act to amend the Prisons and Reformatories Act. in so far as the same ...
more pages: 12195

Vancouver - Page 13155
Expenses of Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the losses and damages sustained by the Chinese population of the city of Vancouver on the ...
more pages: 12427

Edmonton - Page 13078
To the Canadian Pacific Railway Comply (lessees of the Calgary and Edmonton railway Company), towards the construction Jtw completion of a bridge over ...
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La Tuque - Page 13309
From the terminus of that line down to La Tuque none of them are built. For a line of railway from Montreal to a point on the National ...

Saskatoon - Page 13071
A line of railway from or from near Saskatoon, in the province of Saskatchewan, thence running in a southerly and western direction towards Calgary, ...

Calgary - Page 13162
We have given some assistance towards boring for gas near Calgary and for coal In the province of Nova.

Colchester - Page 12602
I was not referring to the case mentioned by my hon. friend from Colchester (Mr. Stanfield), but the case mentioned by my hon. friend from Alberta (Mr ...

London - Page 12839
I think that the Alaskan Boundary report showed the enormous national value of having the views of Canada's representatives in London fairly and ...
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Kings, Prince Edward Island - Page 12410
I suppose this means a sop for the hon. member for Kings, Prince Edward Island (Mr. JJ Hughes) who, I am sorry is not iu his seat. ...

Brandon, Manitoba - Page 13095
Please send replv, if anv, to Brandon, Manitoba, care of WF Wilson. It Is to be noticed that this gentleman comes from Oxford, England, ...

New York - Page 13394
They asked him then if he would act as consulting engineer, not resident engineer, but to stay In New York and advise them from time to time when they ...

Buffalo - Page 12223
they will be able to demonstrate not only the cost but the question as to whether the grain will tend to come by way of Montreal or by way of Buffalo. ...

Detroit - Page 13526
The Department of Customs understands by jour letter to the collector at Detroit that it covers materials for the entire length of the tunnel on the ...

Peterborough - Page 12411
Was the boat used by the Roman Catholic Bishop and priests of Peterborough locality on July 1, during the greater part or any considerably part of the ...

Brantford - Page 13353
Have the changes been made In the Item in which my hon. friend from Brantford was Interested?

Windsor, Ontario - Page 13526
Under this provision the contractors for the 'Detroit River Tunnel ' between Detroit, Michigan, and Windsor, Ontario, are now making free entries of ...

St. Louis - Page 13083
It is a question hard to decide whether the Logs contracted the disease while at St. Louis or at Point Edward. Dr. Brown is of the opinion that these ...

Elmira - Page 12627
of taking authority, if the government so desire, to build a line, a little over thirteen miles long, from Harmony, on the Souris branch, to Elmira. ...

York - Page 12874
The other day the hon. member for York (Mr. Maclean) moved to add to a government Bill, a clause taken from a Bill which stood in his name, and Mr. ...

Windsor - Page 12223
department had any expense in connection with the work at present being done by the American government at Lime Kiln crossing near Windsor ? ...

Brighton - Page 12132
the subject of wharfs, I would ask the minister the nature of the report made by the engineer of his department sent to Inspect a wharf at Brighton. ...

Sarnia, Ontario - Page 13526
Michigan, and Sarnia, Ontario, and it was decided that all materials brought into the United States for convenience and taken back into the tunnel and ...

Oxford - Page 12774
John district to the Sydney and Oxford district, were instructions given that the employees on the Halifax portion of the line would not be affected ...

Nepean - Page 12079
Ottawa Improvement Commission to the improvement and extension of the Major's Hill park so as to carry the improvements right down to Nepean point. ...

Rome - Page 12850
such as news from Rome regarding :lie appointments of bishops and other ecclesiastical matters of interest, and If any one in Rome will give thnt news ...

Charlottetown - Page 12642
a letter written to me by a prominent farmer in Prince Edward Island, and he encloses a bill from a condensed milk factory in Charlottetown. ...

Southampton - Page 13323
My correspondent complains that the boat used In the life saving service there Is In the bands of a sea captain who is away from Southampton nearly ...

Pembroke - Page 12143
I understand that several firms in the town of Pembroke tendered, but the Kingston firm got the contract.

Philadelphia - Page 12874
If it is going to Philadelphia it will s.trike out but sometimes even then It will follow down the Sound when going on that voyage. ...

Gloucester - Page 12759
Th_e hon. member for Gloucester seems to have a great capacity for drawing grants from this government ; but the unfortunate thing Is that In most ...

Chicago - Page 12223
We know well that the American shippers would prefer to ship by Montreal during summer the grain stored in Chicago. ...

Trenton - Page 12123
At Trenton harbour there Is a marked difference. The lowest tender this year was 26 cents a cubic yard and there were three tenders, ...

Grand Forks - Page 13071
To the Kettle River Valley Railway Company, for a line of railway from a point at or near Grand Forks to a point fifty miles up the north fork, ...

Leeds - Page 13051
The member for Leeds (Mr Taylor) the other day urged the passage of this Bill and complained of delay. Another imnortaut feature is that the imperial ...

Preston - Page 13074
for a line of railway from a point at or near Arundel to a point in the municipality of the united townships of Preston and Hartwell, not exceeding 30 ...

Berlin - Page 13095
The names of the purchasers are: WF Wilson, sometime of Berlin, sometime of Brandon. Manitoba ; AE Philp, solicitor and barrister of Brandon, and D. ...

Gatineau - Page 13074
of Preston and Hartwell, not exceeding 30 miles ; and for a line of railway connecting its Montfort and Gatineau line with the main line at St. ...

Canso, Nova Scotia - Page 13074
To the Cape Breton Railway Company, Limited, for a line of railway from Port Hawkesbury or Point Tupper, on the Strait of Canso, Nova Scotia, to St. ...

Erie - Page 12195
1 discussed the other two projects in a general way, pointing out that If Canada was to compete with a deepened Erie canal it would be necessary to ...

Paris - Page 13513
I Intended to ask also for the expenses of the two ministers who went to Paris concerning the Trench Treaty. Mr. FIELDING. The question only refers to ...

Rome, In - Page 13167
Is this for games at Rome, In Italy, or In Rome, NY ? Mr. FIELDING. There Is only one Rome and all roads lead to It. To compensate the Canadian Bank ...

Amherst, Nova Scotia - Page 12759
To provide for survey to ascertain the best route for an additional line from Mouoton, New Brunswick, or Amherst, Nova Scotia, to a .point at or near ...

Port Huron, Michigan - Page 13526
United States was considered by tlje department in connection with the construction of the tunnel between Port Huron, Michigan, and Sarnia, Ontario, ...

Waterloo - Page 13332
There Is a large revenue both from Waterloo and from Walkerville. Mr. LENNOX. I may be wrong, but it seems to me that the minister's estimate in the ...

Minneapolis - Page 13210
How does this compare with the sample market, say in Minneapolis? Mr. OLIVER. The cases are not parallel. Winnipeg is on the direct route to the head ...

Medicine Hat - Page 12162
what I call galvanized Yankee anarchists, like the men •who were cutting each others' throats a short time ago in the neighbourhood of Medicine Hat. ...

Liverpool - Page 12454
Some of the White Star boats now run to Southampton instead of to Liverpool ; they have enormous capacity with moderate speed and large passenger ...

Warren, Ontario - Page 12978
Here is something from another portion of the district : Warren, Ontario, June 15, 1908. Mr. CA McCool, MP Seeing the approach of the federal election ...

Baysville, Ontario - Page 13071
To the Bracebridge and Trading Lake Railway Company, for a railway from Brace- bridge, in Muskoka, to a point at or near Baysville, Ontario, ...

Essex, Ontario - Page 12655
Is one Gerald Mqoney. of the township of Maidstone, or Sandwich South, in the county of Essex, Ontario, employed in the customs at the port of Windsor ...

Lachine - Page 12098
PUGSLEY^ Some time ago I was urged very strongly to construct a wharf at Lachine and I may say that the matter is under my very favourable ...

Annapolis - Page 12654
Corbett who ds stated to be the Liberal-Conservative candidate for Annapolis county, Nova Scotia, at the next general federal elections? ...

Glasgow - Page 13160
Ells to go to Glasgow to be present at the investigation of shales that were being shipped over there, with the view of acquiring all the knowledge he ...

Maidstone - Page 12655
Is one Gerald Mqoney. of the township of Maidstone, or Sandwich South, in the county of Essex, Ontario, employed in the customs at the port of Windsor ...

Richibucto, New Brunswick - Page 12411
What is the length of the wharf at Richibucto, New Brunswick, for which the amount of $2000 is included in the main e«- timates, and what depth of ...

Victoria, BC - Page 12266
published In the city of Victoria, BC, charging the Transcontinental Railway Commission with undue influence over their engineers, charging them also ...

Woodstock, NB - Page 13606
Woodstock, NB, Postmaster LC Smith, Interference in Elections, on M. for Sup., 2888 (ii). Yarmouth, NS, Dredging Contracts, Tenders, Prices, &c. ...

Kenora, Ontario - Page 12340
A letter from Major Hodgins, lately our district engineer at Kenora, Ontario, has been given wide publicity in the press, namely by the Manitoba ...

St. Hyacinthe - Page 13017
Take the cases of St. Hyacinthe and Wentworth. In the latter the returning officer was a political friend of the Liberal candidate. ...

Madawaska, NB - Page 12662
in connection with the construction of the Transcontinental Railway through the county of Madawaska, NB, have been placed in his hands to be settled? ...

Nanaimo - Page 13031
How could the hal- lot boxes leave say Nanaimo and get into Telegraph Creek and Atlln, which is 14 days in the winter, and at the same time get into ...

San Francisco - Page 12474
not able to secure transportation on the touts leaving Vancouver for Australia ; they had either to go via San Francisco or wait for another boat. ...

Kamloops - Page 13254
Then, the ballots must be printed at, say, Kamloops, the ballot boxes must be distributed from that central point and consequently the work cannot be ...

Denver - Page 12403
Any one who has read the record of Judge Lindsay's court at Denver cannot but be Impressed with the great good he has clone for boys and girls of that ...

Saskatchewan, Manitoba - Page 12806
However, he retraced his steps so far as that province is concerned, and he did call a conference of the premiers of Saskatchewan, Manitoba and ...

Messina - Page 13150
The Long Sault Power Company have their power at Messina. What has been the result ? The construction of one of the greatest works in the United ...

Honolulu - Page 12092
One officer, who had married a lady of the Caucasian race in the city of Honolulu and had raised a family, parted from his family nnd went back to ...

Jerusalem - Page 13235
I suppose he believes that there is such a place as the city of Jerusalem. But did he ever see it ? Whnt evidence has he that there Is such a city ? ...

Pictou, NS - Page 12393
GC cents per bushel, free on board at Pictou, NS There were 100712 bushels purchased at a cost of $05462.80, delivered at Pictou, NS PURCHASE OF SEED ...

Baltimore - Page 12099
1 believe the result of this will be to build up a new Buffalo at each of these places, and thus to draw away from Buffalo, New York, Baltimore and ...

New Westminster - Page 13075
To the Vancouver and Lulu Island Railway Company, for a line of railway from Kburn, on its main line, to New Westminster; not exceeding 9-65 miles. ...

Pierson, Manitoba - Page 12162
nn article -which appeared in the papers to-day, which reads as follows : Pierson, Manitoba, July 6.— A horde of religious fanatics struck town on ...

Kingsville, Ontario - Page 12651
Is one Frederick Foster, recently ia charge of the hairbour at Kingsville, Ontario, in the employ of the Dominion government? ...

Huntingdon - Page 13366
Barker) and my hon. friend from Huntingdon (Mr. Walsh) did not seem to be convinced. We have reported, in regard to which there is no doubt whatever, ...

Ayr - Page 12903
Enoch station, Glasgow, on the evening of Otober 12, 1898, and a house in Ayr. which you did not describe more particularly, on the morning of October ...

Yarmouth, NS - Page 13606
Yarmouth, NS, Dredging Contracts, Tenders, Prices, &c. (Ques.) 11500 (vi). BERGERON, Mr. JGH, Beauliarnoit. Advertisements for Tenders for Govt. ...

North Bay, Ontario - Page 13151
To provide for the appointment of a poft office inspector, an assistant inspector and three clorks at North Bay, Ontario, $5000. ...

Gibraltar - Page 12718
Suppose the imperial government were to build a dock at Gibraltar at an expenditure of £1000000 sterling, and they received a benefit from dockage of ...

Ohio, Illinois - Page 12094
I can take you to counties in the United States— towns of 2000 inhabitants in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, Illinois and elsewhere where, ...

Gilbert Plains, Manitoba - Page 13062
John Garrett Cory, Gilbert Plains, Manitoba; Joseph Harrison Brown, Peklsko,. Unit of Quantity. Articles. Quantity, Value. Duty. H»y. ...

Moose Jaw - Page 13340
We have an option upon it Moose Jaw armoury, $10000. Mr. BENNETT. What will It cost ? Mr. PUGSLEY. About $25.000. Maple Creek public builddng ...

Brindisi - Page 12423
—between England and Australia via Brindisi or Naples, the sum of £95000 per annum, while the sea postage amounts to only £3000; and to the mail ...

Port Stanley - Page 13309
But coal In cars has been brought across Lake Erie from Conneaut to Port Stanley long before a car ferry at Port Burwell was thought of. ...

Auckland - Page 12427
His, idea was that passengers must get to Auckland from Vancouver in thirteen days ; that would satisfy them, and nothing less than that would satisfy ...

Sydney - Page 12422
between Vancouver and Sydney and affirms the advisability of the reasonable cooperation of all the colonies interested in securing the improvement and ...

Melbourne - Page 13078
To the L'Avenir and Melbourne Railway ompany. for a line of railway from Melbourne to Drummondville; not exceeding 28 <2. ...

Hong Kong - Page 12093
Take the case of a Hindu who comes here from Hong Kong, you may send him back on the steamer and he may not be allowed to land at Hong Kong. ...

Perth - Page 13091
I believe that the hon. member for the riding of Perth wrote me a letter simply drawing attention to the fact that one of his constituents, ...

Yokohama - Page 12471
We have to-day operating from British Columbia ports to Australia, New Zealand, Yokohama and Hong Kong a number of lines, and the question of a much ...

Jand - Page 13495
A strip of Jand on the east side of th? Belvedere road, to be taken off the west sJt1 of the said Jot number sixty-eight (68) abnvi- mentioned, ...

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